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It Could Make You Cry

Brett Dennen

RockMedium for beginners11 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
Am×○○
G○○○
BDiagram coming soon
D××○
A×○○
E○○○
F
Em○○○○
Dm××○
Dm7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 6th fret
              
 
 
 
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Tuning:Standard      Strumming Pattern 
  
         C                 Am                     G 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------1-----------------1----------------------0-----------------------| 
G|-------------0-----------------0-------------------------0-----------------| 
D|------2----------------2-----------------------0---------------------------| 
A|--3----------------0-------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------3---------------------------------| 
Play this pattern throughout the whole song 
 
 
 
Intro: C Am G C (4x) 
 
verse 1 
 
C            Am          F          C               Em       F        G   
Snowflakes falling on an old plantation Buzzards circling above a landfill  
C             Am         F         C                             G       C 
Old friends fall into a conversation Soldiers in the sand are standing still  
 
verse 2 
 
C        Am           F          C                    Em             F 
Mermaid walks into a fleet of fishermen Chattering children lift their ears  
        G 
to the sky 
 C         Am       F      C               C/B       Am            G 
Skeptics stare in fascination I have seen so much beauty it could make you  
C 
cry 
 
Bridge  
 
Dm                     E      Dm7             Am    G    
Fire on the hillside raging I hear my lover calling  
F                  G 
Tears are falling Tears are falling 
 
verse 3 
 
C       Am            F       C                Em                   F 
Widows walk with bouquets of roses Cardinals flaunt their feathers as they  
G 
fly  
C       Am        F                 C                C/B                
Women flop with flames under their noses I have seen so much beauty it could  
G         C 
make you cry  
 
Other bridge thingy 
 
 F                C           F         G 
Why, why, why, why Why, why, why, why Why 
Dm                     E    Dm7                 Am           
Fire on the hillside raging I hear my lover calling Calling  
F                   G 
Tears are falling Tears are falling 
 
verse 4 
 
C          Am                 F      C                   Em           F 
Damsels dressed in all the stylish fashions Trees in the city all strung  
      G 
with lights  
C             Am           F              C              C/B      Am 
Broken hearts meet with uncontrollable passion I have seen so much beauty  
         G       C 
it could make you cry  
 
Verse 5 
 
C                      Am            F             C                 Em 
And the Hare Krishna clattering Chorus in the courtyard Dervishes dancing in  
    F     G 
a park nearby  
  C       Am            F           C          
Love professed to the point on a postcard  
  
       C    C/B    Am       G              C 
I have seen so much beauty it could make you cry  
       C    C/B    Am       G              C 
I have seen so much beauty it could make you cry  
        C    C/B    Am       G              C 
I have seen so much beauty it could make you cry

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Chord set

C · Am · G · B · D · A · E · F · Em · Dm · Dm7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.